Overview
- Friends and former co-stars Sierra Boggess and Rob McClure revealed on Instagram that Grisetti took his own life on Friday, July 10.
- Grisetti rose to notice in the York Theatre Company’s 2008 production of Enter Laughing and went on to Broadway roles including It Shoulda Been You and Something Rotten!, earning multiple award nominations and a Theatre World Award.
- In recent years he shifted to higher education, completing an MFA in Performance Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount and becoming a tenured associate professor who redesigned Cal State Fullerton’s BFA Musical Theatre program.
- He had recently been attached to direct a production of Legally Blonde at the Trentino Music Festival but posted that he stepped away for personal reasons shortly before his death.
- Colleagues, former students and friends have posted tributes, memorial details are pending, and his survivors include his wife, Mackenzie, with outlets noting available suicide‑prevention resources for those in crisis.